Not just a chance to win £200,000 investment….

There’s just over one week to go until Pitch Day and we’re looking forward to meeting the startups who will be pitching for a place on the Drive with Belron accelerator. In addition to a chance to win investment of up to £200,000, there are lots of benefits and perks on offer.

This year’s programme is bigger and better than before. We’re offering:

Mentoring from Belron experts and entrepreneurs

Trial your product globally in one of our businesses

Sponsored visits to international operations

Dedicated desk space in our offices in Egham

£200,000 investment fund

In addition to this, startups can benefit from the following perks from our partners L Marks, including Microsoft BizSpark Plus.

Microsoft BizSpark Plus offer:

Visual Studio Enterprise subscription for each team member for 3 years.

$120K in Azure credits, for startups to use within 2 years.

5 Office 365 accounts.

$250 in Bing Ads credits.

Technical consultancy:

1:1 deep dive technical discussion with a Microsoft expert which can be used to get advice on the team’s solution’s architecture or get more information on Azure or some other Microsoft tech.

Follow up contacts with the same person or other team members if needed.

Business development support:

Introductions to Microsoft partners or clients.

Connections to business angels or other investors that Microsoft work with.

Referral to Microsoft Accelerator program.

There is also the possibility of being connected to Microsoft’s Product Development Group subject to availability.

Also available is a AWS offer which includes:

$10,000 AWS Promotional Credit valid for 2 years or $100,000 in AWS Promotional Credit for 1 year

1 year of AWS Business Support (up to $5,000).

Access to the AWS Technical and Business Essentials web-based (or instructor-led) training ($600 value per course)

80 credits for Self-Paced Labs ($80 value)

Access to 1:1 Virtual Office Hours with AWS Solutions Architects

Special offers from other companies that help startups, including Chef, Bitnami, SOASTA, Podio by Citrix, CopperEgg, and more